Patents by Inventor Peter J. GUEST

Peter J. GUEST has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12184322
    Abstract: A magnetic alignment system can include a case with a magnetic alignment component that is configured to align with a magnetic alignment component of a wireless charging device. The case can support a portable electronic device, such as a smart phone and include an NFC coil for communicating with the portable electronic device. The magnetic alignment component and the NFC coil can be provided as an assembly that is embedded within a body of the case in a manner that provides a low profile and improved aesthetic appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sean M. Cole, Nishant R. Jayant, Adriano De Fusco, James C Wu, Aaron A. Oro, Yang Zhou, Aleksandar Daniel O. Rivin, Xunsheng Wang, Ross D. Arriens, Charles W. Werley, Peter J. Guest, Alex J. Newman
  • Publication number: 20240045101
    Abstract: An electronic device may include components that emit and detect infrared light. For example, a head-mounted device may have optical modules that present images to a user's left and right eyes. Each optical module may have an infrared light-emitting diode that emits infrared light that illuminates an eye box at an infrared wavelength, and an infrared camera that captures an image from the eye box at the infrared wavelength. A low-reflectance coating may be applied to one or more electronic device housing walls to prevent interference with the infrared components or with the visibility for a user. In particular, the low-reflectance coating may be a low-visible-reflectance-and-low-infrared-reflectance coating that exhibits low-reflectance across both visible and infrared wavelengths. The low-reflectance coating may be formed from carbon nanotubes and at least one organic solvent with zero polarity to ensure a low volatile organic component in the coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Peter J Guest, Ivan S Maric, Cole Snider, Ming Kun Shi, David Carnahan, Thomas T Morgan
  • Publication number: 20230358920
    Abstract: A head-mounted device may have optical modules that present images to a user's left and right eyes. Each optical module may have a lens support structure that supports a display and a fixed lens. Vision correction lenses may be removably coupled to the fixed lenses to help customize the head-mounted device to the vision of a particular user. A user may view images on the displays through the removable and fixed lenses from eye boxes. The optical modules may include infrared light sources that supply infrared light to the eye boxes and infrared light sensors such as infrared cameras for gaze tracking and authentication. The lenses may have optical surfaces covered with coating that enhance optical performance and may have edge surfaces that are provided with structures to help reduce stray light reflections. The lenses may be configured to pass visible and infrared light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Nikhil D. Kalyankar, Avery P. Yuen, Elson Y. Liu, James R. Wilson, Ove Lyngnes, Peter J. Guest, Keenan Molner, Ryan Springer, William W. Sprague, Brandon E. Clarke, Wei-Liang Hsu, Mehmet Mutlu, Victoria C. Chan
  • Publication number: 20230223212
    Abstract: An electronic device may have input-output devices such as keyboard keys or other buttons. Components such as cameras and other devices may have trim structures. A housing may be used to form an enclosure for the components. Keyboard keys, trim structures, and/or other device structures such as housing structures may be provided with wear-resistant coatings. For example, a keyboard key may have a glyph such as an alphanumeric character formed from patterned layers of ink. To prevent wear to the key and glyph, the glyph may be coated with a wear-resistant coating. The wear-resistant coating may be formed from a polymer with embedded mineral particles such as aluminosilicate particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Ming Kun Shi, Jing Zhang, Lei Ding, Liliya Lyandres, Peter J. Guest
  • Publication number: 20220094382
    Abstract: A magnetic alignment system can include a case with a magnetic alignment component that is configured to align with a magnetic alignment component of a wireless charging device. The case can support a portable electronic device, such as a smart phone and include an NFC coil for communicating with the portable electronic device. The magnetic alignment component and the NFC coil can be provided as an assembly that is embedded within a body of the case in a manner that provides a low profile and improved aesthetic appearance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Sean M. COLE, Nishant R. JAYANT, Adriano DE FUSCO, James C. WU, Aaron A. ORO, Yang ZHOU, Aleksandar Daniel O. RIVIN, Xunsheng WANG, Ross D. ARRIENS, Charles W. WERLEY, Peter J. GUEST, Alex J. NEWMAN